Thanks. Did you/could you please take photos and perhaps we can work out what he thinks he is doing.
Dan.
I am not a Bybee fan at all, but I think Scott tested it to see if it worked according to the advertising claims, at a distance or with very loose coupling to active audio signal path circuitry.
JC, on the other hand, seems to advocate using them differently, much more closely coupled to active circuitry, and maybe a few of them at once. That's the impression I'm getting anyway.
Also, the advertising claims dramatic results, but JC has described them as subtle and sometimes even detrimental to SQ.
Whether or not they ever do anything, I don't know. No way I am going to buy one to try it.
You really don't know what you are doing, do you?
"Of those who do have personal experience of QP's the opinions differ, from system stellar change through to nothing noticeable.
I have a pair, and they do most certainly change systems ime."
You, 3rd Jan 2015 in this very thread.
That will have to wait till I'm back home but frankly he thinks that he is taking your money for nothing plain and simple.
Did you check to see if it affects the Heisenburg compensators in the Trans-warp Coils?
It's possible he was listening to a Dire Straits song, and was inspired.
Max Headroom, I did listen with and without the ferrite clamps, and couldn't hear an audible difference.
But then, I've sold most of my expensive library of capacitors, and now use much less expensive old stock Vishay caps in my crossovers, as the 1848s sound fine to me.
Subjective reviews on them state they aren't as good as the voguing caps, but I haven't noticed anything missing. Not surprising at my age, past 50.
I could not find any post with that date.
AFAIK the device that Scott and I are presently discussing was not available at that that time.
Please check your facts and give reference, or please apologise for your personal attack which is against the forum rules if I am not mistaken, certainly it is not in the spirit of friendly fruitful discussion.
Dan.
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Thanks for trying the experiment.
The four wire versions look usefully interesting, thanks.
I'm past 50 also
.There are different filter ferrite formulations and I have not tried them all.
In my experience with the ferrite formulations I have, these filters work as advertised and do remove a layer of 'grunge', HOWEVER they also impart a subtle hardness/sharpness (false 'clarity') that does not belong, and is to me strongly fatiguing.
Perhaps another closer listen now that you know what to listen out for ?.
Dan.
Thanks for trying the experiment.
The four wire versions look usefully interesting, thanks.
I'm past 50 also
There are different filter ferrite formulations and I have not tried them all.
In my experience with the ferrite formulations I have, these filters work as advertised and do remove a layer of 'grunge', HOWEVER they also impart a subtle hardness/sharpness (false 'clarity') that does not belong, and is to me strongly fatiguing.
Perhaps another closer listen now that you know what to listen out for ?.
Dan.
Those sort of colorations are burnished out for the most part in my system. Full rangers passively crossed at 150 hertz to dual Celestion 15"ers, 300B set amp.
I've found Markaudio paper drivers excellent at delivering satisfying treble, without hifi zingers.
Possibly they don't deliver the true original signal, but extrapolate it with resonances; they get me where I want to hear. One of just a handful of speakers I've enjoyed, where I can't hear the crossover point.
I suggest you read this thread from post #1. Those who manufacture and sell snake oil products and lie about them have been pointed out here repeatedly. Some of them even endanger consumers (eg replacing safety ground with a box of sand). The whole point of this thread is to point out hilarious BS claims by certain vendors, claims which are not only improbable, not only impossible, but can only be the product of profound ignorance or deliberate deceit. In some case even the most egregious ignorance cannot account for the claims, deliberate deceit seems to be the only possible explanation. Anything from Synergistic Research for example.
More importantly he tested the manufacturer's claims and was unable to verify them. I believe the manufacturer claimed that you could put one of these devices under your TV and see an improved picture, among many other unsubstantiated claims. I think that was what Scott tested, and he perceived absolutely no difference. I know you trust your ears, do you also trust your eyes?
I understand that Scott runs Met-7 loudspeakers with I don't know what amp/source.
These speakers are lets face it pretty similar to the likes of Bose 301/Studiocraft and a myriad of oldschool 3in1 speakers.
The above are fun loudspeakers but not particularly extended in bass or highs, and not particularly resolving.
I also note that Scott posts Youtube references to 'industrial' music which is plain full on (in your face/over the top) distortion and noise to my ears.
Extended/repeated listening to this kind of music will precondition the ear/brain and render one insensitive to low level noise and distortion subtleties.
Scott is undoubtedly correct in that there is no difference for him, but is it a proper and conclusive experiment ?.....I think not.
Don't mistake this as support/endorsement for this Bybee product, it is not.
I have also given my subjective opinion of BQP and that was a negative from me.
Dan.
Scott, please do not be offended by my references to you in the third person.
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Max, but you are used to listening to some pretty mediocre stuff yourself, judging from your posts. Car radio's and Aldi receivers is what I remember. So why should this be a problem now?
But I love your thesis that listening to distorted and noisy music renders you partially deaf, although it is not quite new. It's what my mother told me when I put on Van der Graaf Generator or similar stuff.
But I love your thesis that listening to distorted and noisy music renders you partially deaf, although it is not quite new. It's what my mother told me when I put on Van der Graaf Generator or similar stuff.
Yeah that's the usual one trotted out (your system isn't good enough), but given you extoll the virtues of gloop on cheap headphones being instantly recognisable by the woman from the wholefood shop you do appear to be hedging bets here.
You haven't explained how you did a controlled experiment to ensure your judgment wasn't off with the fairies somewhere.
I still think you are having a laugh.
The audio industry is so bizarre sometimes.
Imagine the implications of being dead serious, Even more bizarre, eh?
I think in many cases both the seller and the buyer are suffering from magical thinking. They know best how to communicate with each other.
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